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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
25/05/2024 05:21:16 PM |
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Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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Blue-faced Malkoha* |
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Phaenicophaeus viridirostris |
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Description (10)
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Blue-faced Malkoha
© flickr.com
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Other Names (World)
Blue-faced Malkoha, Lesser Green-billed Malkoha, Small Green-billed Malkoha
Family
Cuculidae (Cuckoos)
Size
39 cm
First Described (Guide)
(Jerdon, 1840)
Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, moist and dry shrubland. From sea-level - 1,000 m.
India (B) (R) (NB), Sri Lanka (B) (R) (NB).
Peninsular India from about north-western Maharashtra and central Orissa south to Sri Lanka.
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Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Food
Mainly insects, caterpillars and small vertebrates. Occasionally berries.
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (2)...)
Blue-faced Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus viridirostris) [XC658267]
by id from Divar Island, North Goa, Goa, India (flight call)
Blue-faced Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus viridirostris) [XC658265]
by Mandar Bhagat from Divar Island, North Goa, Goa, India (flight call, song)
Subspecies
Sometimes combined with Black-bellied Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus diardi), Chestnut-bellied Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus sumatranus) and Green-billed Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus tristis) in a separate genus Rhopodytes.
No subspecies.
References
See References.
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Blue-faced Malkoha see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
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